1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480801203321

Autore

Worthy Ben

Titolo

The politics of freedom of information : How and why governments pass laws that threaten their power / / Ben Worthy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-5261-0852-6

1-5261-0851-8

1-5261-2415-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

342.08/53

Soggetti

Freedom of information - Political aspects

Freedom of information - Political aspects - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Manchester, 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-225) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This work explores the implementation of the UK's FOI law under Tony Blair, showing how the radical policy was weakened by compromises and clandestine agreements before reaching the statute book, though it went on to be controversial and disruptive nonetheless.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910702334303321

Autore

Manders Damon

Titolo

Engineers, far from ordinary : the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in St. Louis / / Damon Manders and Brian Rentfro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vicksburg, Miss. : , : Ordnance and Technical Services Branch, St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, , [2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii pages, ii unnumbered pages, 430 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs

Soggetti

Civil engineering - United States - History

Hydraulic engineering - United States - History

Disaster relief - United States

Environmentalism - United States - History

Engineers

Biographies.

Mississippi River Navigation

Saint Louis (Mo.) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed May 20, 2013).

"September 1, 2011"

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 406-430).